CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze fish
    These are mentioned in Coole, Jen, and other references with ambiguous statements regarding their possible use as money.  Fish are "lucky," and there are rituals involving the throwing of fish effigies into water to bring that luck, so there is the possibility that they might have been purely religious.  But now that I've seen a batch with clear ribs I'm willing to entertain the notion that they represent dried sides of fish and that they are the money of some as yet unidentified "Fishville."

CF1) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, ~60mm, with ribs, probably representing dried sides, "F" $45.00 "c" sold
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CF14) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, very simple and plain, 99x19mm, 16.2g, F $34.00 sold 3/3/2012
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CF15) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, very simple and plain, 95x17mm, 14.7g, F $34.00 sold 3/3/2012
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CF16) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, very simple and plain, 100x20mm, 16.3g, F $36.00 sold
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CF2) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, another batch, "plain," square ended tails, all about 115-120mm long:
a) 32g $51.00 sold
b) 31.2g $51.00 sold
c) 29.6g $51.00 sold
d) 28.9g $48.00 sold
e) 28.7g $48.00 sold
f) 28.7g $48.00 sold
g) 28.0g $48.00 sold
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CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish,
h) 27.2g $48.00 sold
i) 25.2g $48.00 sold
j) 24.6g $48.00 sold
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CF3) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, similar, but pointy tails,
a) 27.0g $48.00 sold
b) 26.9g $48.00
c) 25.4g $48.00
d) 20.6g $45.00 sold 1/7/2008
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CF23) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish,  99mm long, 18g, depression for eye but no hole, 1 dorsal fin, 1 flat & 1 pointed tail fin, 3 lateral lines for decoration, tiny split at base of fin, F $65.00 sold 5/20/2010
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CF9a) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, 110mm, 25g, 1 dorsal & 2 ventral fins, round scales, F $85.00 sold
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CF9b) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, 115mm, 28g, 1 dorsal & 2 ventral fins, diamond scales both sides, VF $95.00 sold
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CF10) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, 93mm long, 12.3g, scales & dorsal fin, nicely made, VF $65.00 sold
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CF13) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255, bronze fish, 128mm long, 2 eyes, scales, fins, nice F $75.00 sold
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CF17) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze fish, 58x20mm, 7.1g, 3 fins, rounded tail, crudely modeled, VG $22.00 sold 1/8/2010
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CF18) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze fish, 66x13mm, 3.4g, 1 fin, crudely modeled, VG $22.00 sold 10/16/2008
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CF20) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze fish, 59x19mm, 4.1g, 1 top & 2 bottom fins, crude VG $25.00 sold
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CF21) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze fish, 55x14mm, 4.2g, 1 top & 2 vestigial bottom fins, crude VG $25.00 sold
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CF24) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze fish, ~63x14mm, 1 top & 2 bottom fins, split tail, long narrow slot instead of eye, F $36.00 each sold
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CF25) CHINA, ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze fish, ~82x17mm, 2 top & 2-3 bottom fins, crude, F $33.00 each "b" sold 3/3/2012
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